CM highlights healthcare reforms on Doctors Day
The previous govt included only 1,800 packages in this scheme, which left many diseases untreated, he said.
Sharma said his govt rectified the flaws in the Chiranjeevi scheme and implemented the Chief Minister Ayushman Arogya (MAA) scheme. This scheme now offers treatment facilities ranging from allopathy to AYUSH methods and from common ailments to transplants and robotic surgeries, he said. Nearly 8,000 patients are receiving treatment daily under this scheme and a fund of Rs 3,500 crore has been established for it, he said.
Sharma extended his best wishes to doctors and said they are considered next to gods. During the Covid-19 pandemic, doctors risked everything to treat patients, he said.
Sharma stated that to expand healthcare facilities in the state, his govt recruited staff on over 24,000 positions and about 26,000 recruitments were in process. Academic sessions had commenced in five new medical colleges, with new medical colleges in Tonk and Jaisalmer also set to start this year, he said.
He mentioned that the govt allocated Rs 700 crore for the RUHS hospital, developing it into the Rajasthan Institute of Medical Science (RIMS). Under the Chief Minister Ayushman Arogya Health Infrastructure Mission, construction work worth Rs 15,000 crore is underway, he said.
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